Wales · base 4: Rhayader and the Elan Valley
4C Penbont Woods South
Circular, from the Penbont car park (grid ref SN 91491 67309), below and up beside the Pen y Garreg dam.
1.0 kmon our map
63 m+of climbing, at least
around 30 minutesModerate
Load it into a walking app or GPS. It is the same line as the map in the book.
The ground
One climb of 35 m, from the bottom to the top of the Pen y Garreg dam by a flight of steps (Elan Valley).
Official figure: 0.6 mile, around 30 minutes (Elan Valley). Source: elanvalley.org.uk. Things change: check the updates page and the signs on the day.
Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.